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Tapestry Turban Snail

This is a small shell that I purchased in San Felipe, Mexico on a trip with friends a couple of years ago. I like sea shells and consider them to be beautiful works of nature.

 

Lighting stuff: I wanted even lighting on the shell to cut down on specular highlights from the glossy surface of the shell. I lit the shell with two YN560-III's in 24 inch soft boxes positioned in front on either side of the shell, and pointing towards the center at a 45 degree angle. The strobes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.

 

Other shells that I have photographed over the years are in my creatively named Shells album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290

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Uploaded on September 11, 2016
Taken on September 10, 2016